Protoctista

Protoctista definition - medical

Pro·toc·tis·ta (prōˌtək-tĭsˈtə)

noun
A taxonomic kingdom consisting of unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms, considered as a separate taxonomic kingdom in most modern classification systems.

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